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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2019
Design Ready Controls, Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Mark Ryan Fujitake, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Christopher Mackedanz, Maple Lake, MN (US);
Kaitlin Paige Hansen, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Austin Paul Strong, Waconia, MN (US);
Troy Schmidtke, Hudson, WI (US);
Design Ready Controls, Inc., Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Abstract
A gripper for an articulable arm of an automated processing tool is described that is suitable for picking and placing objects on a wire harness peg board. The gripper includes at least two spaced apart opposing grips. Each grip further includes spaced apart protrusions. The opposing grips and protrusions actuate between open and closed positions. When in the closed position the opposing grips are capable of enclosing a perimeter of an object and may further support an underside of the object. The gripper may further grip a wire so that the automated processing tool may orient the wire and apply a constant upward, downward or lateral tension on the wire.